How to get the scrollbar positon in a RichEdit control

Problem/Question/Abstract:

Is it possible to read the actual position of a scrollbar from a richedit-component?

Answer:

Solve 1:
YES, you can get the position of the scroll bar, by several ways. Here is some code that gets the scroll bar position for a RichEdit. I also subclass the RichRdit to get the WM_VSCROLL message and move the Claret to the top line plus one character

private
{ Private declarations }
PRichEdWndProc, POldWndProc: Pointer;

procedure RichEdWndProc(var Msg: TMessage);

procedure TForm1.FormCreate(Sender: TObject);
begin
  {subclass the richedit to get the windows messages}
  PRichEdWndProc := MakeObjectInstance(RichEdWndProc);
  POldWndProc := Pointer(SetWindowLong(RichEdit1.Handle, GWL_WNDPROC,
    Integer(PRichEdWndProc)));
end;

procedure TForm1.FormClose(Sender: TObject; var Action: TCloseAction);
begin
  {un-sublass it so you app can close}
  if Assigned(PRichEdWndProc) then
  begin
    SetWindowLong(RichEdit1.Handle, GWL_WNDPROC, Integer(POldWndProc));
    FreeObjectInstance(PRichEdWndProc);
  end;
end;

procedure TForm1.RichEdWndProc(var Msg: TMessage);
begin
  Msg.Result := CallWindowProc(POldWndProc, RichEdit1.Handle, Msg.Msg, Msg.WParam,
    Msg.LParam);

  if (Msg.Msg = WM_VSCROLL) and (LOWORD(Msg.wParam) = SB_THUMBTRACK) then
  begin
    {the SB_THUMBTRACK message is only sent when the user moves the scroll
                 bar position}
    Label1.Caption := 'thumb Pos is ' + IntToStr(HIWORD(Msg.Wparam));
    RichEdit1.SelStart := RichEdit1.Perform(EM_LINEINDEX,
      RichEdit1.Perform(EM_GETFIRSTVISIBLELINE, 0, 0), 0) + 1;
  end;

end;

procedure TForm1.but_REditInfoClick(Sender: TObject);
var
  ScrolPos, VisLineOne: Integer;
  ScrollInfo1: TScrollInfo;
begin
  {use some windows messages to get scroll position and other info}
  VisLineOne := RichEdit1.Perform(EM_GETFIRSTVISIBLELINE, 0, 0);

  ScrollInfo1.cbSize := SizeOf(TScrollInfo);
  ScrollInfo1.fMask := SIF_RANGE;
  GetScrollInfo(RichEdit1.Handle, SB_VERT, ScrollInfo1);
  ScrolPos := GetScrollPos(RichEdit1.Handle, SB_VERT);
  ShowMessage('ScrolPos is ' + IntToStr(ScrolPos) + ' First Vis Line is ' +
    IntToStr(VisLineOne) + ' Scroll max is ' + IntToStr(ScrollInfo1.nMax));
end;


Solve 2:

The most simple way

function GetHorzScrollBarPosition: Integer;
begin
  // constants: SB_HORZ = 0, SB_VERT = 1,
  // SB_BOTH = 3, SB_THUMBPOSITION = 4
  Result := GetScrollPos(RichEdit1.Handle, SB_HORZ);
  // Result is the number of pixels the RichEdit is scrolled
end;